Lotto Might Start Your Year With Bang

December 31, 1989

If Lotto's numbered balls bounced your way in Saturday's drawing, you could start the new year as a millionaire.

But party hats and noisemakers might not be in your plans if you did not pick all six of the numbers drawn in Tallahassee. A game ticket with the numbers 2 5 10 25 42 43 wins at least a share of the $12 million jackpot.

In the lottery's Fantasy 5 game Friday, the holders of 18 first-prize tickets each won $88,377.17. Another 2,293 people won $197.50 for picking four of five winning numbers, and 55,268 people won $4 for picking three.